fatal: destination path

[4goodapp]

Got this error while trying to install on ubuntu 16.04
git clone https://github.com/hlissner/.emacs.d ~/.emacs.d
fatal: destination path '/home/mywork/.emacs.d' already exists and is not an empty directory.

[garethclews]

This is because you already have an Emacs configuration.

mv ~/.emacs.d ~/.o.emacs.d && git clone [the rest...]

[hlissner]

@karetsu is correct. Either move the original folder (as he suggested) or delete it (rm -rf ~/.emacs.d) before you try my instructions.